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bakelite::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of bakelite
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Early tubes used a metal or glass envelope atop an insulating bakelite base.
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Bakelite was a purely synthetic material, not derived from living matter.
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The 2A had a thicker, bakelite rim and was an inch taller than the No. 2.
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The RPC is a gaseous detector made using two parallel-plates of bakelite with high resistivity.
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Bakelite, which is still produced, was once a huge industry.
From the nytimes.com
So if you journeyed back to 1952 and turned on a bakelite radio, what would be the summer's smash hit?
From the cnn.com
Their manufacturing processes exploited developments in materials science including aluminium and bakelite.
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As I recall, soybean entered the US market as a source for fibre for bakelite to build radios and automobile parts.
From the guardian.co.uk
Bakelite is a form of plastic that evolved from celluloid, an early type of plastic made in the 19th century.
From the dailyherald.com
- A thermosetting plastic used as electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc.
- Bakelite (/u02C8beu026Aku0259lau026At/ BAY-ku0259-lyt, sometimes spelled Baekelite), or polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, is an early plastic. It is a thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resin, formed from a condensation reaction of phenol with formaldehyde. It was developed by the Belgian-American chemist Leo Baekeland in New York in 1907.
- A heat-resisting chemically inert resin (an early thermosetting plastic) made from phenol and formaldehyde
- Early form of plastic used in some guitars from the 30's to the 50's.
- The transparent acrylic material used on the bezel of early GMT-Master models in 1954.
- A polymer produced by the condensation of phenol and formaldehyde.
- The trademark for a synthetic thermosetting plastic Resin used in electrical parts because it is a good insulator. The name comes from its inventor, L. H. Baekeland, 1863-1944.
- An early type of plastic, used in the 1920's and 1930's for the creation of backgammon playing pieces. Many people prefer the look and feel of bakelite to newer materials. See post by Albert Steg.
- A durable, opaque, easily dyed plastic patented by Leo Backland in 1907. It is a 'thermosetting' plastic - the ingredients heated under pressure in a mould, resulkting in a very hard, heat-resistant material. ...
